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All the time-honored signs of an impending baseball season are upon us — the hint of warmth in the air, Valentine's Day around the corner, a freshly blooming steroids scandal.
Yes, spring training is nearly here, and you have to feel for those poor teams with budget-conscious owners who sat on their wallets all winter. But enough about the New York Yankees.
Stepping nimbly into the Yankees' role as MLB's wildly spending behemoths were the Los Angeles Dodgers, masterminded by that sage baseball savant, Magic Johnson, who continued to demonstrate that for his ownership group, money is no object.
They're hard to credit or believe, but they're out there: stories of Willie Mays and Duke Snider playing stickball with neighborhood kids, during some long lost era of straitjacketed propriety and starchy Eisenhowerian... more »
Justin Morneau will arrive at a pivotal point in his career sometime during the upcoming season, with both his place as one of the game’s most feared sluggers, and long-term status with the Minnesota Twins unsettled. The... more »
Last year, I loved watching the Super Bowl. I had no real rooting interest in either team, and it was a great viewing experience. One of my best friends, Jeff Swisher, invited me to the Bay Area to watch the game at a friend's... more »
Few Washington Nationals are looking forward to the 2013 season as much as Stephen Strasburg. When the right-hander arrives in Viera, Fla., in two weeks for spring training, he will be anticipating the first full season of his... more »
The Yankees had dated Alex Rodriguez for four years before popping the question after the 2007 season: Will you take this 10-year, $275 million contract? Rodriguez said yes, and together they have had some fun. But a marriage... more »
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